Word: cobain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last weeks of Kurt Cobain's life were filled with turmoil and anguish -- and gossip. Rumors floated through the music industry that the singer- songwriter's band, Nirvana, was breaking up; that Cobain, who had survived a tranquilizer-induced coma just six weeks earlier, had suffered another overdose. The stories seemed to be justified when the group unexpectedly backed out of headlining the Lollapalooza tour this summer...
...truth, it turns out, was that Cobain, who claimed to have overcome an addiction to heroin, was indeed abusing unspecified drugs. A record-industry source told TIME that two weeks ago Cobain's wife Courtney Love, front woman for the group Hole, gathered doctors and friends together in Seattle, the couple's home, to try to scare Cobain into dealing with his problem; Nirvana's managers even threatened to drop Cobain from their roster unless he got cleaned up. The intervention seemed to work, for Cobain checked into a California treatment center. But according to a missing-persons report filed...
Much as Oliver Stone would have you believe otherwise, Jim Morrison died from one drink too many. Guitar great Jimi Hendrix simply took more Quaaludes than were necessary. John Bonham, Led Zeppelin's drummer, should have been lying on his stomach after all those shots of vodka. But Kurt Cobain overdosed on buck shot...
There can be no doubt about his intentions. The image of a star who tied one on a bit too tight will offer no consolation here. Cobain wanted to die and in the end no one could stop...
...much for him. The scruffy kid from Aberdeen, Washington initially catapulted to international stardom on the basis of four catchy chords. From sleeping on couches to riding in limos, Cobain was never comfortable with success and the fame that went with it. He often voiced sadness about not being able to do the things he used to enjoy, like just going to a club and seeing a band...